Spetsnaz veterans to launch ‘anti-Maidan council’ in Russia

Veterans of the Russian military and special forces, together with rights activists and representatives of Orthodox Christian community, are to jointly launch a group to try and thwart any attempts to forcefully change the political system in the country.

Immediately after the founding convention, scheduled for late
August, The ‘Anti-Fascist Anti-Maidan Council’ will concentrate
on informing Russian citizens on the methods of Western
propaganda that seeks to disrupt the constitutional order in the
country and forcefully overthrow the lawfully elected
authorities, the activists told the mass circulation daily
Izvestia.

The council’s founders claim they possess information that after
the nearest all-Russian election day on September 14,
anti-government activists will launch their own committees and
headquarters for organizing street protest and other actions
aimed at sowing discord in the Russian community.

Apart from disclosing the objectives and means of the Western
propaganda, the council will organize own rallies and events in
order to promote the interests of the Russian state and prevent
ethnic tensions in Russian regions.

The body will also work help law enforcers who fight against
extremism and other anti-constitutional attempts.

Leading members of the group include deputy head of the
‘Spetsnaz-Army Spetsnaz’ group, uniting the veterans of Russian
military intelligence, Yury Kalitov, the head of the ‘Russians’
foundation, Major General Leonid Shershnev, the chairman of the
Union of Russian Orthodox citizens of Russia, Valentin Lebedev,
and a representative of the Night Wolves motorcycle club and
State Duma MP, Viktor Vodolatsky (United Russia), who also
represents the major South Russian Cossack organization, the Don
Troop.

Analysts have labeled the initiative correct and timely, noting
that the current events in Ukraine are a perfect example of where
‘Orange Revolutions’ could lead.

“We understand very well that the Ukrainian conflict is not
just an internal event, but a point of application for all forces
in the world that have declared a secret war against
Russia,” said the head of the Institute of Eurasian Economic
Union, Vladimir Lepekhin, who was also invited to participate in
the anti-Maidan council.

He noted that the recent appointment of former US Ambassador to
Ukraine, Georgia and Lithuania, John Tefft, as a new ambassador
to Russia could be a sign that the information war will move on
to Russian territory.

The head of the Institute of Political Research, Sergey Markov,
agreed that though there was no immediate threat of revolution in
Russia, the future situation was not safe, as the “party of war”
in Washington was not hiding its desire to repeat the Kiev
scenario in Moscow.

Markov also noted that the new anti-fascist committee should
study the statements of leading politicians and activists in
order to establish their attitude towards the Ukrainian crisis
and duly inform the Russian public about the results of this
study. He noted that those who had not resolutely denounced the
coup in Ukraine and the current policy of terror towards
civilians could be among the first to support the
anti-constitutional attempts in Russia.